
Standards Australia Future Fund
Corporate VC firmWe invest in businesses that meet one of the following criteria:
• Ingesting and retailing standards materials
• Utilising materials derived from standards
• Supporting industries that need but don’t yet have standards
• Operating in innovative sectors that may require future standards
• Possessing unique technology or IP that enhances standards
We seek opportunities in areas such as:
• User experience
• Real-time information
• Compliance
• Continuous improvement
• Adoption and awareness of standards
• Performance metrics
Our preferred themes / technologies include:
• Safety: both physical and digital
• Risk Management and Best Practice Management
• Engineering: simplifying complexity
• Construction: Quality Assurance, Productivity, Education
• Green Tech: including Renewables, Hydrogen, EVs
• AgTech: focusing on optimisation, efficiency
• Interoperability, Quantum, IOT and Smart Cities, AI, Drone and Space, Asset Data Management and supportive businesses in Mining and Critical Minerals
While our Fund is stage-agnostic, it prefers post-revenue, profitable companies looking to grow.